Habeas Corpus (1928)
With Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Richard Carle, Charles A. Bachman, Charley Rogers
Directed by Leo McCarey, James Parrott
Habeas Corpus is a synchronized sound short subject comedy film co-directed by Leo McCarey and James Parrott starring comedy duo Laurel and Hardy. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized orchestral musical score with sound effects. It was released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer on December 1, 1928. This film is importantly historically as the first Laurel and Hardy film to be released with recorded sound.
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